tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58903122017-09-26T13:45:56.495-04:00Collecting My ThoughtsNormahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger16282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-26165480700702131112017-09-25T20:24:00.001-04:002017-09-25T20:24:29.521-04:00The Athlete Crybullies<p>I don't care if workers peacefully protest climate change or gender dysphoria or abortion or advocate for their religion or non-science on their own time. If I hire an electrician, or pay a bill at the city building, or ask for an estimate to remove the animal in my attic, or get stopped by the police for speeding on Mountview Road, I don't want to get a lecture or advice on their pet beliefs. Football players are hired to do a job. And I'm disappointed to learn that Obama was paying them to &quot;act&quot; patriotic. So when he's out of office, they can start acting like spoiled kids. Now some are trying to make this about race? Well, OK, why is the NBA and NFL allowed to have 80% and 70% one race and not be subject to law suits by the government?</p> <blockquote> <p>“Responding to a tip from one of his &quot;boys,&quot; Smith brought up the fact that until 2009—eight years and a new Presidential administration after 9/11—players weren't on the field for the national anthem and instead generally remained in the locker room. According to Smith's boy (and the researcher at ESPN who checked it), the switch happened &quot;because it was seen as a marketing strategy to make the athletes look more patriotic.&quot; &quot; <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FSports.vice.com%2F&amp;h=ATNzUCBSN_QiSC2BbTI7OkiK_qBNgw50kywqlmjXZKcEThOMZIbD8qX2S90NFTysS0Sr3dbFkCYu0LZmZWj455tt4ZCFsKUmLi8U7CfnZ8LSQlSbYdm03bILvBGmyJtPr0maJTaNBHKsh8fOuyswEIhl7If6QEzr7YkEympDzEJ1z89dQGlHRrCXzVoeGwRpuDNGJCtnkhOWPknUDYChLXlMqp-mMwyw6Te_tEbvPXbxllFvhjwmqqGesMSCFfUTp-QibCjiX-Neuif-F4attUAVUuzzKVFiTYGMLO-lkIAZOg">Sports.vice.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart: &quot;We also believe our players have a right to express themselves.&quot; Would that include expressing support for traditional marriage, or ridiculing popular beliefs on climate change, or refusing to accept transgenderism in their daughters’ locker rooms?</p> <p>LeBron on Twitter: &quot;Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!&quot; And this isn't the first time he's dissed the president. Probably 20 or so on Google. Poor loser, just like Hillary. Maybe in his next tweet he can list what Obama ever did for black people.&#160; In December he said he’d never stay in a Trump hotel, and in November he was speaking out against the election.</p>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-69901123825765014242017-09-25T12:34:00.001-04:002017-09-25T12:34:49.368-04:00Bill, the WWII veteran<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A47DzOIxa2E/Wckvl6n_sJI/AAAAAAAAZ3Y/kvFpXsL_ehMR8Gx6edIk3ZAfECXEPPufgCLcBGAs/s1600/Bill%2BWWII.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="564" height="148" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A47DzOIxa2E/Wckvl6n_sJI/AAAAAAAAZ3Y/kvFpXsL_ehMR8Gx6edIk3ZAfECXEPPufgCLcBGAs/s320/Bill%2BWWII.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><span>Before the heat became unbearable, &nbsp;<span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>I was on my walk in the apartment complex close by, and he was on his walker. I stopped to chat with him and found out he was born in 1925 and enlisted when he was 17. "I wasn't afraid to die, but I was afraid I might not be able to do what I was trained to do." He was on a destroyer,</span></span><span><span><span> manning incredibly complex equipment--before he ever had a driver's license. He injured his hip in the war, and later in life broke it, so thus he's on a walker. The complex where he lives is beautiful and I like to walk there, but rarely meet anyone. Lucky me.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-71924713850989631812017-09-25T12:19:00.001-04:002017-09-25T12:19:41.802-04:00School closing due to heatI don't know how many MMHS graduates remember this, but they actually did close the school one September in the 1950s because it was too hot. I was there. Of course, our homes didn't have AC or fans either, but . . . Today Columbus is sending the kids home early due to the heat. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_66tcZt2Nc/WcksNatwd1I/AAAAAAAAZ3E/zRb4S7opzmMX1Lcz_LhY5QYTMBBf7ZXwwCLcBGAs/s1600/high%2Bschool%2B1919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="720" height="191" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3_66tcZt2Nc/WcksNatwd1I/AAAAAAAAZ3E/zRb4S7opzmMX1Lcz_LhY5QYTMBBf7ZXwwCLcBGAs/s320/high%2Bschool%2B1919.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fqe9VjDbVjM/WcksUUCE1cI/AAAAAAAAZ3I/dbMLQDnJCW0a4zFgnKTzQCwh3HXoyUhFgCLcBGAs/s1600/High%2BSchool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="640" height="202" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fqe9VjDbVjM/WcksUUCE1cI/AAAAAAAAZ3I/dbMLQDnJCW0a4zFgnKTzQCwh3HXoyUhFgCLcBGAs/s320/High%2BSchool.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-61187044211638882802017-09-25T11:30:00.000-04:002017-09-25T20:27:20.698-04:00Monday Memories--jury duty September 2002From a letter. "I am on jury duty for two weeks and have been selected for a jury, but we’re not meeting until 1:30 this afternoon.&nbsp; It seems like a strange way to run a circus, but apparently the judges are several weeks on civil and then on criminal, so our judge this week has been moved to criminal, so our case is being squeezed in to her new schedule.&nbsp; This is the county, so there are about 90 people called for each week and you are on duty for two weeks. On the first day several women in our group went to City Center for lunch.&nbsp; The orientation told us to get to know each other, and it seems a very compatible group. It is interesting to see the different ages, races, genders sitting around chatting like old friends. I'm feeling really patriotic. We get pep talks from court workers, lawyers and judges when they see us wilting from the waiting and the heat. I read on the bulletin board in the jury room that only 45% of Americans are called for jury duty and only 17% ever actually sit on a jury. Most cases go to mediation or are settled before they come to trial. The biggest challenge is getting there and parking.&nbsp; I practiced several times the week before.<br /><br />Now that I'm getting really good at navigating the streets of downtown Columbus, dodging the utility trucks tearing up streets, the orange barrels, and the construction sites, I have time to actually read the names of streets as I pass on my way to the construction site called Rt. 315. One main street is called "Commit to be Fit." It was apparently renamed by our mayor who is unhappy that we have won the honor of 5th fattest city in the USA.<br /><br />&nbsp;But I came down with a cold late Thursday.&nbsp; Fortunately, my case didn’t meet on Friday, so I just laid around most of the week-end.&nbsp; I had to cancel my birthday dinner with Phoebe and Mark, but Phoebe stopped by Sunday with a nice present, and on Saturday Mark brought me a box of Puffs and some tapioca.&nbsp; Because of my heart medicine I’m not suppose to take any over the counter cold remedies.&nbsp; So I just have to snuffle and sneeze through the testimonies."<br /><br /><span style="background-color: lime;">Update 2017</span>:&nbsp; The case for which I was seated&nbsp;involved&nbsp;Ohio's infamous Scott-Pontzer insurance law which was finally reversed in 2003. It was incredibly confusing and caused me to lose chunks of faith in our laws and our jury system. It was referred to as the Golden Turkey award and&nbsp;had allowed employees and their families injured on their own time in their own cars to collect from their employers’ auto insurance policies <br /><br /><a href="https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/absurd-at-any-speed/Content?oid=1481862">https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/absurd-at-any-speed/Content?oid=1481862</a>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-15979428039818579682017-09-25T11:02:00.003-04:002017-09-25T11:02:41.935-04:00Think about it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MLq6S6cdoLM/WckafkMQcnI/AAAAAAAAZ2w/NQ93mxOlyDI3JtUILbPSaTPHgX5oqhcnwCLcBGAs/s1600/Attic.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="584" height="95" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MLq6S6cdoLM/WckafkMQcnI/AAAAAAAAZ2w/NQ93mxOlyDI3JtUILbPSaTPHgX5oqhcnwCLcBGAs/s320/Attic.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-6113254897617786962017-09-24T12:36:00.001-04:002017-09-24T12:36:31.467-04:00From Russia, Russia, Russia to KKK<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_59c7d536228b11f45106165">President Trump is tarred and feathered for not naming "Nazi" (before the invesigation) in Charlottesville. Naming them the next day wasn't enough, because, well, he was Donald Trump and no matter what he did, it would be wrong. <br /><br /> But the left, Democrat and progressive media and politicians all gave Obama a pass for refusing to say "Islamic Terrorist," even when the bodies were in front us in Orlando (49 people killed and 58 wounded), Ft. Hood (13 people killed and 30+ wounded,<span class="text_exposed_show"> all military) and San Bernadino (14 people killed and 22 others seriously injured) and numerous other sites since 2009. Even when gays and military were targeted and a Christmas party were the scenes of&nbsp;massacres. Couldn't be Islam. Oh No. &nbsp;Had to be something else. Workplace violence, an unhappy arranged marriage. Discrimination.&nbsp; Only social media called Obama on it. Never the news media or his star struck supporters.</span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"></span><br /><div class="text_exposed_show"> Donald Trump didn't refuse to use the word Nazi, but Obama refused to link Islam and terrorism. He called them murderers. Which was true. Using their own tactics and reasoning, was Barack Obama an Islamic Terrorist because he refused to say it? <br /><br /> And the media? Based on how they covered those attacks by angry Muslims, wringing their hands that there could be blow-back, they should have been writing editorials after Charlottesville worrying about how Nazis and supremacists were being maligned. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/obama-radical-islamic-terrorism-cnn-town-hall/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/28/politics/obama-radical-islamic-terrorism-cnn-town-hall/index.html</a></div></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-76639007194300654302017-09-24T08:10:00.000-04:002017-09-24T08:10:35.993-04:00White hoods and black hoodies--who are the real fascists?<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_59c7956bbe8700e15849940">"At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or having sexual relations with persons of "German or related blood."" (Wikipedia) <br /><br />"Yes, there is a fascist threat in America—but that threat is from the Left and the Democratic Party. The Democratic left has an ideology virtually identical with fascism and routinely borrows tactics of intimidation and political terror from the Nazi Brownshirts." (Dinesh D'Souza)<br /><br />D'Souza in his book The Big&nbsp;Lie&nbsp;says&nbsp;to implement the Nuremberg Laws&nbsp;used the laws implemented by Democrats in the U.S. to determine racial identity, except they modified the "one drop" rule<span class="text_exposed_show">--the Nazis thought that was excessive. </span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"></span><br /><div class="text_exposed_show"> Today Progressives suppress their nasty, vile history, and have moved fascism to the right wing column and distance themselves. If they admit it, it is simply "America," and not the Democrat party of the 19th and 20th century who imposed Jim Crow.&nbsp; Today, we have Antifa--which is basically fascism, and Democrats won't denounce them. No free speech for fascists, right? Word play and twisting. And increasingly, Trump's Jewish children are being attacked, as bankers were in the last administration, because "everyone" knows who controls the banks. The Jews. The pattern continues.<br /><br />The leftists who got tired of crying&nbsp;"Russia, Russia, Russia" and now realize Obama hacked the election, have turned to KKK smears, white supremacist links, nationalism, etc. Do Democrats remember the KKK was their terrorist organization and how many years Republicans fought their lynching terrorism? Democrats also know, from electing Donald Trump with constant negative publicity, they can do the same with the KKK. Encourage its growth by giving them free advertising. They are the modern fascists--who else would require citizens to purchase a crappy product and then fine or jail them if they refused?<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YRmWFPZH0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YRmWFPZH0</a></div></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-60880528254767503742017-09-23T19:27:00.000-04:002017-09-23T19:27:37.313-04:00Oregon offers free abortions for all--even illegals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3JKKYS0xWZA/WcbtXedF_yI/AAAAAAAAZ2g/hc8oeciEIIQMgUsEUaq15Ues9JfiJdPswCLcBGAs/s1600/Oregon%2Babortion.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="165" data-original-width="515" height="102" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3JKKYS0xWZA/WcbtXedF_yI/AAAAAAAAZ2g/hc8oeciEIIQMgUsEUaq15Ues9JfiJdPswCLcBGAs/s320/Oregon%2Babortion.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a bill which makes abortion free for every resident of the state by mandating insurance companies not charge a co-pay for an abortion. Additionally, the bill sets aside $500,000 tax payer dollars to pay for the abortions of illegal immigrants.<br /><br />She'd better set aside massive amounts for counseling and increased cancer rates. In Finland the suicide rate among women who had undergone abortions in the prior year was three times higher compared to women in the general population and six times higher compared to women who gave birth. Induced abortions, particularly with a first pregnancy, increases the risk of breast cancer.Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-57581698416179805092017-09-23T16:01:00.000-04:002017-09-23T16:01:32.899-04:00The Church's response to Islam&nbsp;William Kirkpatrick, <a href="https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2017/09/23/the-next-scandal-in-the-church/">The Catholic Thing</a><br /><blockquote>"Ironically, one of the factors that is driving people out of the [Catholic] Church is its response to Islamic terror. After every terrorist attack, the Vatican (or some prominent bishop) assures us that the violence has nothing to do with Islam, which we are told is a “religion of peace” – a response not a whit different from the politically correct, secular liberal response.<br /><br />In fact, Church leaders often put secular leaders to shame in their advocacy for Islam. The Obama administration called for the admittance of 10,000 Syrian refugees; the USCCB called for 100,000. When European leaders began to admit that Muslim migration should be restricted for the sake of national security, Pope Francis responded by insisting that the safety of migrants was more important than national security." </blockquote>And before you think this is just a Catholic problem, you can hear the same thing in Main Line Protestant churches--just different "authorities." He continues. <br /><blockquote>"As recently as ten days ago, on the anniversary of 9/11, Pope Francis declared that religions “cannot desire anything other than peace.” Well, technically, yes. Islam desires peace – except that Islamic scholars say that peace can only be achieved by the subjugation of the entire world to Islam.<br /><br />Church leaders haven’t quite figured out that when Islam talks peace it really means war, but ordinary Catholics are not so Pollyannaish. And as the gap widens between what the hierarchy says about Islam and what Catholics can see with their own eyes, we can expect that many more Catholics will become alienated from the Church."</blockquote>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-10117596701530948982017-09-23T14:55:00.001-04:002017-09-23T14:55:10.868-04:00My adoption story, by guest blogger<p>I’ve known the guest blogger most of her life and used to sit behind her in church when she was an adorable, wiggly little girl, a little younger than my kids.&#160; She was adopted as an infant and later was joined by two brothers.&#160; She located her birth mother as an adult.</p> <p>-------------------</p> <p>I had two burning reasons on why I wanted to find my birth mother:</p> <p>1. Thank her... <br />2. Discover my heritage</p> <p>Now, in my case, when I found out who she was, I made sure to research that she didn't have a family, and wasn't married, as I didn't want to upset the apple cart, so to speak. Once it became known that she was single, living with my birth Aunt, and never had any other kids, I made the call to thank her. This is the very reason of why I do not kick my birth father's nest; he does have children, a few years older than me, and he is still married to the woman he took a brief &quot;break&quot; (wink, wink) from, to &quot;meet&quot; with my birth mother, to create me, I see no need to upset the apple cart there.&#160; Anyhoo, back to my birth mother...</p> <p>At first, I was told that I had the wrong number, knowing I didn't, but I accepted that and thanked my birth Aunt profusely for taking my call, and apologized profusely for my error (again, even knowing I hadn't made an error, because it was the respectful thing to do). <br />I hung up the phone, and tried to calm the trembles that had taken over my body, and thought, &quot;Well, at least I have a name and can research my heritage from that,&quot; and then the phone rang.&#160; I answered it, a deep, raspy voice, similar to mine, asked for me.&#160; </p> <p>She identified herself as my birth mother, and her first question to me was, &quot;Did you get an education?&quot; It blew me away, I immediately responded yes. She then went on to say that she was not able to provide for me the way she thought she should, and that is why she chose to give me up for adoption, especially when she learned that there was a couple (my Mom and Dad) who was so anxious to start a family and couldn't, and would be able to provide for said child (me) in the ways in which she couldn't (my Mom and birth mother shared the same OBGYN). </p> <p>At a later date, she said that she had been considering abortion, which brought a whole other round of Thank You's from me. And no, I wasn't angry with her for sharing that with me;&#160; it had to be a tough decision for her.&#160; Thank Heavens, the mutual OBGYN offered another solution, and my parents were there, waiting, to call me their own . I then apologized over and over for finding her, but that I had to tell her Thank you for her choice to allow me to have the life that I have had. </p> <p>The conversation progressed from there and we wound up meeting each other, and continued to do so for awhile, until life seemed to take over and we lost touch, but again, I am OK with that because I accomplished my two objectives and after meeting her, I am sure she is OK with it too </p>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-72445275649619492052017-09-23T10:37:00.002-04:002017-09-23T19:23:44.251-04:00Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly support President Trump"The same religion that enabled the Jews to survive slavery, exile and oppression for thousands of years also held the secret to defeating the left. Even when totalitarian systems command your body, only you can give them control of your mind. The left seeks physical power as a means of controlling your mind. What it most wants is for you to become complicit in your own corruption at their hands. If it fails to control your mind, it will lose. That is the lesson to be taken away from the fall of the Soviet Union. If the left is defeated in America, that is how it will fall." They&nbsp;&nbsp;voted 71% for Trump and 90% for Romney. And their marriage rates and birth rates are much higher than liberal Jews.<br /><br />Daniel Greenfield in an article about Orthodox Jews<br /><br /><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267920/most-pro-trump-jews-america-daniel-greenfield">http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267920/most-pro-trump-jews-america-daniel-greenfield</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265449/trumps-jews-and-obamas-jews-daniel-greenfield">http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/265449/trumps-jews-and-obamas-jews-daniel-greenfield</a>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-9125560811585199222017-09-23T10:29:00.000-04:002017-09-23T10:29:46.062-04:00Oliver North speaker at PDHC banquet<div class="fsm">PDHC had its "Life &amp; Liberty Celebration" at Villa Milano&nbsp;Thursday night, September 21. There was a huge crowd to hear Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, grandfather of 17. At the end of his speech, he held up a check for $1,000 and challenged the audience to contribute 36 checks in that amount for each of the years since it opened.&nbsp; He raised $50,000 within a matter of minutes.</div><div class="fsm">&nbsp;</div><div class="fsm">In 2016 PDHC provided support for 872 life decisions, talked to 8,000 middle and high school students in 50 schools about healthy relationships and sexual integrity, provided education and support for 531 families through parenting classes and resource programs, and provided abortion recovery programs for hurting women and men. On average, PDHC has 154 interactions each day through intervention, prevention, extension and recovery components.</div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-16785153357415119472017-09-23T08:24:00.001-04:002017-09-23T08:24:18.140-04:00Mother of a heroin addict knows her son is safeIf you've watched 60 minutes, you've heard about the heroin epidemic in Ohio.&nbsp; It happens to good, Christian families who have done everything "right." A terrible tragedy.&nbsp; Here's a message from my friend whose son died from this scourge.<br /><blockquote>Hebrews 13 tells us , “I will never, never, leave or forsake you.”<br /><br />I never realized the true meaning of this verse until I experienced the death of my mom, and then my son. When my mom passed, her last word was, “Jesus.” He then gave me a beautiful vision of my mom walking hand-in-hand with her Lord into paradise. When my son passed, although he was a heroin addict, Jesus showed me&nbsp;my son&nbsp;was not alone when he died. JESUS WAS THERE. He also showed me&nbsp;he was&nbsp;in his grandmother's arms. He was in paradise with Jesus and his grandma. He was freed from the power of that drug. He was healed and made whole.<br /><br />OUR GOD LOVES YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE. DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU!</blockquote>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-67803979177604819542017-09-22T16:52:00.000-04:002017-09-22T16:52:04.953-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9-rDa_Uz6c/WcVX0aXdUII/AAAAAAAAZ2Q/7_jO30wYt8gpweSKh7vxVt1QzfS2O9VsgCLcBGAs/s1600/SNAP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="155" data-original-width="597" height="83" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K9-rDa_Uz6c/WcVX0aXdUII/AAAAAAAAZ2Q/7_jO30wYt8gpweSKh7vxVt1QzfS2O9VsgCLcBGAs/s320/SNAP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>&nbsp;<span><span> <span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span>"The study, published online August 14, 2017 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that food purchases paid for with SNAP benefits consisted of higher spending on less healthy foods, including sugar-sweetened beverages, red meat, and co</span></span><span><span><span>nvenience foods, and lower spending on healthier foods such as fruits and vegetables, compared with purchases paid for with other means."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/snap-program-spending-less-healthy-foods/">https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/snap-program-spending-less-healthy-foods/</a>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span><a href="http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(17)30343-4/fulltext">http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(17)30343-4/fulltext</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-61052196197428685532017-09-22T10:31:00.001-04:002017-09-22T10:31:58.492-04:00Using the S word--sustainable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMP4fwfMN68/WcT_vPS6b5I/AAAAAAAAZ1w/9WdJknIzlnc-6HJ8n-qiB99yHF_QC0MOgCLcBGAs/s1600/sustainable.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="557" height="91" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMP4fwfMN68/WcT_vPS6b5I/AAAAAAAAZ1w/9WdJknIzlnc-6HJ8n-qiB99yHF_QC0MOgCLcBGAs/s320/sustainable.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>&nbsp;<span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"></span></span><br /><span data-ft="{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">If you need an "S" word, use "stewardship." Sustainable is a totally squishy word which used to imply renewable resources, respect for early methods and traditions of planting and harvesting, and kind to the earth. Increasingly it has come to mean anti-capitalism, anti-good jobs, thousands of little organizations and non-profits with ties to big-left money and handsome salaries for their CEOs standing on the backs of people who produce, foundations begun by capitalists now controlled by marxists, and efficient laundering funds for Democrat candidates.</span></span><br /><br />Sustainable? Don't wear clothes, especially cotton (it's also racist) sit on the floor because couches and chairs use fabrics, sleep on the floor without mattresses or blankets, no rugs or carpets, no towels for showers, no curtains or lampshades, don't live in cold climates because you can't have coats. Floors should be mud, because otherwise you're cutting down trees or using fossil fuel to make fake wood. Native American women chewed leather to make it soft for clothing, you can, too. Oh wait. Check with PETA before you use animal skins.Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-9583083484705601242017-09-22T10:27:00.001-04:002017-09-22T10:27:25.298-04:00Facebook will help with Russia investigation<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_59c519b722d5b6c26990646">So Facebook will turn over records of a Russian firm using ads on FB during the 2016 campaign. Given all the money the government of Russia sunk into the Clinton Foundation, it should be interesting.<br /><br /> Will Facebook turn down fake ads from American firms, even Democrats?&nbsp; Will it turn down Washington Post, owned by Jeff Bezos, probably the biggest seller of misinformation. Will Facebook turn over ads by U.S. interests (aka U.S. government)&nbsp;appearing during Brexit campaign, or Canadian elections, France, Germany etc.? They were worth billions. &nbsp;Where does the collusion between FB and Congressional Democrats end? What other special interest ads, say, from conservative PACs, or from Christian non-profits and para-church orga<span class="text_exposed_show">nizations, will FB decide were subversive or at least working against Clinton? </span><br /><br /><div class="text_exposed_show"> And what about the billions in free advertising our own main stream media provided Trump by covering every outrageous thing he said, did or rally he held? Or even the constant attention he got on FB and Twitter from his enemies which seemed to energize his campaign base? I was a Cruz supporter in the summer of 2016, and stopped watching Fox because of all the freebies it gave Trump.<br /><br /> About a month ago former President Obama was "interferring" again in Kenya's election. Does that count? Or can retired presidents influence foreign elections? Charges against Kenyatta for his violent tactics are well over a decade old, yet Obama supports him.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?mcubz=1">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?mcubz=1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2740140/Its-time-America-Barack-Obama-Joe-Biden-use-Labor-Day-fire-Democrats-ahead-Novembers-elections.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2740140/Its-time-America-Barack-Obama-Joe-Biden-use-Labor-Day-fire-Democrats-ahead-Novembers-elections.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-facebook-russia-20170921-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-facebook-russia-20170921-story.html</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenyan-president-uhuru-kenyatta-funded-and-orchestrated-violence-of-feared-mungiki-militia-after-9991224.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenyan-president-uhuru-kenyatta-funded-and-orchestrated-violence-of-feared-mungiki-militia-after-9991224.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</div></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-27934895012076640992017-09-22T09:56:00.000-04:002017-09-22T09:56:16.891-04:00Happy Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SvKW6XAm8Fg/WcUWZCQ99fI/AAAAAAAAZ2A/K3jYNQJSkZIl5OZG0Xnv-Go5TdRhM8CsgCLcBGAs/s1600/Happy%2Bfall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="539" height="260" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SvKW6XAm8Fg/WcUWZCQ99fI/AAAAAAAAZ2A/K3jYNQJSkZIl5OZG0Xnv-Go5TdRhM8CsgCLcBGAs/s400/Happy%2Bfall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-26725842734109907372017-09-21T16:31:00.001-04:002017-09-21T16:31:29.010-04:00Sustainable--a growing industry for non-profits<div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span>&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dO_AZp1XliU/WcQgUIN2QoI/AAAAAAAAZ1c/_OH1Mp4ktEkQXoCCFY-W97WHXHYlBUXXQCLcBGAs/s1600/cotton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1172" height="151" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dO_AZp1XliU/WcQgUIN2QoI/AAAAAAAAZ1c/_OH1Mp4ktEkQXoCCFY-W97WHXHYlBUXXQCLcBGAs/s320/cotton.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span>&nbsp;</div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true">&nbsp;I wonder if this sustainable fiber and textile advocacy group knows they have a racist photo of cotton on their website <a href="http://www.safsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SAFSF_CommThrd_D7_FINAL.pdf">July 2017 report</a>. A customer in Hobby Lobby recently took to social media to be outraged about cotton stalks in the store, and a college president <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/17/lipscomb-apology-cotton-stalk-centerpieces/675033001/">apologized to black students</a> for having them in decorative floral arrangements in his home.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span>&nbsp;</div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true">&nbsp;I think this is an organization to fight "fast fashion" which provides much of the market for cotton. The word "<strong>sustainable</strong>" has become a political buzz word; always be careful when you see it.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"><blockquote class="tr_bq">"This paper argues that U.S. foundations currently have a key moment of opportunity to invest in the sustainable fiber and textile sector in ways that will mobilize consumer awareness and accelerate improvements in many stages of the textile production&nbsp; chain. Such improvements would in many cases tie into and further strengthen the sustainable agriculture movement in the U.S. and abroad. Sustainability in textiles also involves many aspects of toxics reduction and labor issues, thus highlighting the close connections between environmental and human health impacts and presenting opportunities&nbsp; for foundations already involved in environmental&nbsp; health and justice work. <span data-offset-key="df0g4-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="http://www.safsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SAFSF_CommThrd_D7_FINAL.pdf">http://www.safsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SAFSF_CommThrd_D7_FINAL.pdf</a>&nbsp;</span></span></blockquote></span></span></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-70986807128054128662017-09-21T07:39:00.000-04:002017-09-21T07:49:35.521-04:00Investing in young childrenHead Start, a federal program for pre-schoolers to prepare them for school, was declared a failure after 40 years and again after 50 years and trillions of dollars by the government’s own assessment. No politician for 55 years has dared suggest dismantling it, and the only solution was more money and more fiddling with the design which tries to make up for no dad in the home, low income of young single moms and the chaotic living conditions of the children, which may include mom’s boyfriends, or abuse, or foster care, couch surfers, poor nutrition, unsafe neighborhoods, etc.<br />Then came Early Head Start in 1994—practically beginning with pre-natal care. EHS had by 2009 over 650 programs. Despite marginal increases in the percent of parents who read to children through EHS, by age 5 there was no improvement even with rigorous studies.&nbsp;&nbsp;EHS and Head Start don't change the family dynamics. So I was somewhat surprised when I read about a genetic design&nbsp;(although nothing surprises me much these days where bureaucracy and government grants are concerned).<br /><br />“Using genetically-informed designs. Because genetic differences play an important role in children’s academic achievement and behavioral adjustment,&nbsp; research to inform EHS should make use of methods that take genetic factors into account. Examples are studies using twins and adopted children as experimental subjects.”&nbsp; (10 ideas, Nicholas Zill)<br /><br />That’s the kind of talk that gets Charles Murray kicked off liberal&nbsp;college campuses. Even so, it’s darn scary to put “genetic differences” into the hands of the federal bureaucracy, the only component that has grown and advanced ($100 million in 1965, $16 billion in 2011)&nbsp; in the whole Head Start half a century of no progress.<br /><br />&nbsp;<a href="http://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Investing_in_Young_Children.pdf" title="http://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Investing_in_Young_Children.pdf">http://nieer.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Investing_in_Young_Children.pdf</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1013_investing_in_young_children_haskins_ch3.pdf" title="https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1013_investing_in_young_children_haskins_ch3.pdf">https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1013_investing_in_young_children_haskins_ch3.pdf</a>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-5641329165700602632017-09-20T09:54:00.000-04:002017-09-20T09:54:09.378-04:00The Impact of Islam on ChristianitySince the 7th century, the enslavement, rape, forced conversions&nbsp;and mass murder of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Greeks, Africans, Europeans, Persians, Jews,&nbsp;Turks, Egyptians--all in the Golden Age we hear so much about.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLa-5gy9pY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLa-5gy9pY</a><br /><br />1400 years of Islamic history. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8J62BqRMo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj8J62BqRMo</a>&nbsp;by J. K Sheindlin.<br /><br /><span class="readable">“There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world today. Of course not all of them are radicals. The majority of them are peaceful people. The radicals are estimated to be between 15-25%, according to all intelligence services around the world. That leaves 75% of them - peaceful people. But when you look at 15-25% of the world Muslim population, you're looking at 180 million to 300 million people dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization." </span>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-84640898112508184482017-09-19T16:06:00.000-04:002017-09-19T16:06:25.680-04:00Courageous Trump at the UN"I think it's safe to say, in the entire history of the United Nations, there has never been a more straightforward criticism of the behavior, the unacceptable behavior of other member states," [John] Bolton said.<br /><br />In addition, he said Trump's critiques of the nuclear deal revealed the White House would not tolerate "half-measures and compromises" that allowed Iran and North Korea to progress to the verge of having deliverable nuclear weapons.<br /><br />He&nbsp;also praised Trump's line, which was met with near silence at first, that the collapsing regime in Venezuela was an example of socialism being successfully implemented.<br /><br />"There are a lot of people in the UN. who have never heard anything like that from an American president," Bolton said. "I think this was an outstanding speech, and I think it will serve the president very well."<br /><br /><a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/bolton-trumps-u-n-speech-the-best-of-his-presidency/">http://freebeacon.com/national-security/bolton-trumps-u-n-speech-the-best-of-his-presidency/</a><br /><br />"In over 30 years in my experience with the UN, I never heard a bolder or more courageous speech," [Benjamin] Netanyahu tweeted. "President Trump spoke the truth about the great dangers facing our world&nbsp;and issued a powerful call to confront them in order to ensure the future of humanity."<br /><br /><a href="http://freebeacon.com/national-security/netanyahu-praises-trumps-u-n-address/">http://freebeacon.com/national-security/netanyahu-praises-trumps-u-n-address/</a>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-72512821776112083442017-09-19T05:34:00.000-04:002017-09-19T05:34:48.732-04:00Georgia Tech student shot by police<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_59c0e2b48b9e45b50603726">I was wrong when I said there are no riots when whites are shot by police. The media do not identify&nbsp;Scout's race as they always do when a black man is shot, nor are they identifying (with pronouns) his gender, since he was an LGBTQ&nbsp;leader&nbsp;confused and unhappy in his body which is probably why he was asking to be shot while approaching police with a knife. And the rioters are not students--they are equal opportunity mobsters. Students were having a peaceful memorial, at least to an interview I watched. <br /><br /> I've read&nbsp;four accounts from<span class="text_exposed_show"> NYT to ABC to Fox--all are extremely careful how they identify him--&nbsp;"Scout," "student" and "LGBTQ activist." I've chosen the male pronoun because he was either a man trying to be a woman, so his DNA tells the story, or he was a woman trying to be a man and was using testosterone, which has been shown to be at the root of most violent and risk taking behaviors&nbsp;regardless of whether it is natural or injected.</span></div>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-51765291343771933272017-09-18T20:19:00.000-04:002017-09-19T05:43:28.291-04:00Monday Memories--my ablation and hospitalization<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9FEhTrGZa4/WcDmqEzgG8I/AAAAAAAAZ1M/HgBAv_kGsdApZl4Uxd_3nPLV7aGNjvLFACLcBGAs/s1600/heart%2BMonday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q9FEhTrGZa4/WcDmqEzgG8I/AAAAAAAAZ1M/HgBAv_kGsdApZl4Uxd_3nPLV7aGNjvLFACLcBGAs/s200/heart%2BMonday.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />From a letter. "I had my ablation (AV node reentry slow pathway) on January 18th [2002].&nbsp; Then while I was wearing a Holter monitor on the 29-30th, it picked up some serious a-fib again (this was my fault for doing too much while we were moving to our condo and having the house closing).&nbsp; Apparently the pulmonary veins don’t know the ship has left the dock and they continue to do what they’ve always done.&nbsp; So it was back to the hospital for 3 days to be put on Rythmol. It sure is good to be out of the hospital!&nbsp; The doctor didn't make rounds until about noon, so I didn't get out until about 1:30 Friday. I had lunch there--it was pretty good, a vegetable lasagna. <br /><br />I only got 2 hours sleep each night.&nbsp; The woman in my room was on some sort of machine suctioning fluids and gurgling--sounded like a creek running through the room.&nbsp; A long time smoker, she had emphysema and an aneurysm. Plus, because her surgery was so serious, there were always medical staff trooping in and out, and when they weren't testing her, they seemed to be taking my blood pressure or temperature or giving me medication, but not all at once, just spacing it out so I couldn't sleep. Anyone who can survive in a hospital must be pretty darn healthy. I felt sorry for this woman's daughters though. They had flown in from different states, and would sleep in the lounge and then come in and try to watch her. They were exhausted, and of course, it is pretty boring just sitting. And they frequently had to alert the nursing staff to problems, so I think it is very important that family be around when there is surgery recovery. <br /><br />My first morning there, about 5 a.m., I was watching two male staff, one teaching and one learning, drop off our medication.&nbsp; They unlocked the two boxes for 4007 for bed A (Bruce) and bed B (her name), and I heard the one tell the other “this is for Bruce,” and he pulled out box B, looked at the name, and put mine in it, thus mixing up our medication.&nbsp; The learner was definitely old enough to need glasses and he had a white pony tail hanging from his almost bald head. So when the RN came in I told her.&nbsp; She went over and unlocked the boxes, looked at the names, and switched them.&nbsp; The next morning, I noticed he was wearing glasses.<br /><br />Holly brought in dinner Thursday night to the hospital, and all the stuff for a manicure (a huge bag of colors to choose from) and gave me a nice relaxing manicure. So that evening I had Bob, Lindsey, Holly, and Mark and Phoebe at my bedside, but only one chair. Phoebe brought me tapioca from the Chef-o-Nette which is located in our old neighborhood.&nbsp; Either the manicure or the tapioca could be a special gift to anyone in the hospital.&nbsp; Holly has artificial nails, but knows how to do it. Phil stopped in on Thursday and Friday morning and brought me Caribou coffee from my favorite coffee shop." Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-78519556558876998172017-09-18T14:47:00.001-04:002017-09-18T14:47:58.678-04:00Little Golden BooksYesterday I received a “Little Golden Book,” EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK. It’s adorable AND Printed in China. Little Golden Books were part of Western Publishing which bought Kable Printing in 1957, a firm in the town where I grew up, Mt. Morris, IL. The town provided a nice living for many and printed, published and supplied magazines and serials for the world, especially in agriculture. It's struggling now. Although eventually, changing t<span class="text_exposed_show">echnology would have downsized it, Kables was ruined by a union strike in Mt. Morris in 1974. Western was purchased by Mattel in 1979 and possibly another 4 times that I know of before the permanent closing of the plant we continued to call Kables a few years ago. Now the town has a retirement home as the largest employer, no elementary or high school, and a community arts program to bring in visitors. It should be Trump country. Its story is repeated all over mid-America.</span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/western-publishing-group-inc-history/">http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/western-publishing-group-inc-history/</a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2010/12/story-of-kables-and-mt-morris-timeline.html">https://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2010/12/story-of-kables-and-mt-morris-timeline.html</a><br /><span id="freeText6106994553059161299"></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">A humorous "guide to life" for grown-ups! One day, Diane Muldrow, a longtime editor of the iconic Little Golden Books, realized that, despite their whimsical appearance, there was hardly a real-life situation that hadn't been covered in the more than 70-year-old line of children's books—from managing money, to the importance of exercise, to finding contentment in the simplest things. In this age of debt, depression, and diabetes, could we adults use a refresher course in the gentle lessons from these adorable books, she wondered—a "Little Golden guide to life"? Yes, we could! Muldrow's humorous yet practical tips for getting the most out of life ("Don't forget to enjoy your wedding!" "Be a hugger." "Sweatpants are bad for morale."), drawn from more than 60 stories, are paired with delightful images from these best-loved children's books of all time—among them <i>The Poky Little Puppy, Pantaloon, Mister Dog, Nurse Nancy, We Help Mommy, Five Pennies to Spend, </i>and <i>The Little Red Hen. </i>The Golden greats of children's illustration are represented here as well: Richard Scarry, Garth Williams, Eloise Wilkin, J. P. Miller, and Mary Blair, among many others. Sure to bring memories and a smile, this book is a perfect gift for baby boomers, recent grads, lovers of children's literature—or anyone who cherishes the sturdy little books with the shiny cardboard covers and gold foil spines! (Good Reads)</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VdA8ESMffQY/WcAUzHeD5uI/AAAAAAAAZ08/uRRpZ1vyY8oZmuW4zl-xg720RCARAqzIQCLcBGAs/s1600/Golden%2Bbook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VdA8ESMffQY/WcAUzHeD5uI/AAAAAAAAZ08/uRRpZ1vyY8oZmuW4zl-xg720RCARAqzIQCLcBGAs/s320/Golden%2Bbook.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-86766963051816334282017-09-17T19:42:00.001-04:002017-09-17T19:42:54.718-04:00The kitchen sink protest<p>“Angeles Maldonado, a professor at Arizona State University, gave her Global Politics of Human Rights<strong> </strong>class the option of completing a group project or taking a final exam.</p> <p>Her students opted for the project, and the 20 students in Maldonado’s class decided that their final project would be a protest against President Trump’s policies.” <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/17/arizona-state-u-professor-allows-students-to-protest-trump-instead-of-taking-final-exam/">Breitbart News</a></p> <p>Just protesting the wall wasn’t enough—after both Clinton and Obama had voted for it as senators, so they also included&#160; LGBT rights, women’s rights, Black Lives Matter, immigration, and the prison system.&#160; And the kitchen sink.</p>Normahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.com0